Monday 11th

Unlocking Absolute Zero Emissions Shipping – An Ecosystem perspective

08:10 Registration

Welcome Networking Coffee

08:30 Opening by Madadh MacLaine, SG ZESTAs

Framing the Absolute Zero Challenge

 08:40 Climate and policy

Nishatabbas Rehmatulla, UCL Energy Institute, & Principal Consultant UMAS – Shipping decarbonization

08:50 Ocean health

Richard Hixson, Co-founder HealthCare Ocean

 09:00 Introducing the ShipZERO Program: Navigating to True Zero

Sarah Arntz, ZESTAs Board, Energy Transition Project Manager

Alignment with the ShipZERO Program: Past Milestones and ShipZERO28 Aspirations

Shipowners’ Hurdles to Absolute Zero Emissions – Join our three absolute zero heroes who have taken up the quest for absolute zero emissions!

Three Power-Packed Presentations by Shipowners Tackling De-Emissioning Challenges

 09:10 The Queen of Clean

Trans-oceanic wind & hydrogen container vessels – Danielle Southcott, Founder, CEO Veer Group, Zero Emissions container vessels, Bahamas

09:25 In the Goldilocks Zone

Offshore – North Star Shipping, Ltd,  James Bradford, CTO, Offshore service vessel owner/operator, UK

09:40 From the Far Side of Zero

Traditional International Tankers & Bulker carriers – Wah Kwong Maritime Transport Holdings Limited – William Fairclough, Managing Director – Hong Kong

09:55 Shipowners’ round table panel

10:15 Audience Q&A

10:30 Coffee

11:00 Energy Transition

Delivering green electrons and molecules to the maritime industry – From Renewable Energy to Liquified Hydrogen

Moderator: Julien Boulland, Global Market Leader For Sustainable Shipping at Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore (tbc)

All the energy shipping requires is at sea

11:05 Static Offshore Hydrogen Production

Colin Brown, Country Manager (UK & Ireland), Lhyfe

11:15 Mobile Offshore Hydrogen Production

Ben Medland Founder & CEO, Drift Energy

Hydrogen is on the horizon!

11:25 Hydrogen supply chain infrastructure, A-Z

Erik Langeteig, Vice President Specialty Markets, Chart Industries

11:35 Global green hydrogen production

Anna Lenaerts, Marketing director hydrogen fuel for maritime at Air Liquide.

11:45 Roundtable Panel

11:55 Audience Q&A

12:10 Finance ¥$€£ – Rapid fire expert round table

From Venture Capital to International Banking: Unleashing your Power to Fund the Transition

Moderator, Stuart MacDonald – Managing Partner of corporate finance firm (Bride Valley Partners) Chairman of Digital Assets investment firm (Aaro Capital).

• Paul Taylor, Global Head of Maritime Industries, Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Bank; Vice Chair of the Poseidon Principles
• Effie Datson, Asset & Wealth Management Executive and NED Board Member
• Marc Ostwald, Chief Economist & Global Strategist at ADM Investor Services International

12:50 Audience Q&A

13:00 Lunch

14:15 Anchoring Zero Emission Ships in ZE Ports and ZE refuelling

Moderator – Jennie Folkunger, Head of Environment at Port of Trelleborg

14:25 High Ambition Ports Leading the Charge (tbd)

14:35 Kickstarting ZEV

Zero Emissions Multi-fuelling Station, Steven Lua, CEO Unitrove Innovation

14:45: Offshore charging

Ryan Reilly, Sales & Business Development Manager at MJR Power & Automation

15:00 Richard Knox, CEO at Verlume

15:05 Roundtable Panel

15:15 Audience Q&A

15:25 Brainstorm explanation and numbering off

15:30 Afternoon Tea break

16:00 Brainstorming

16:40 Brainstorming outcomes

17:00 The Visionaries Roundtable

Diverse Perspectives on achieving Absolute Zero through collaboration

Moderator: Carleen Walker – Founder/CEO North American Marine Environment Protection Association (NAMEPA)

Cargo – Elisabeth Fauvelle Munck af Rosenschöld, Sustainability director, IKEA Supply AG

Banking – Michael Parker, Global Shipping, Logistics & Offshore at Citi Group and Chair of Poseidon Principles

Classification – Nick Brown, Global Brand and Communications Director, Marine & Offshore at Bureau Veritas

H2 Infrastructure / Supply – Jill Evanko, Chief Executive Officer and President at Chart Industries, Inc.

Danielle Southcott, Founder, CEO Veer Group, Zero Emissions container vessels, Bahamas

William Fairclough, Managing Director, Wah Kwong Maritime Transport Holdings LimitedHong Kong

17:50 Audience Q&A

18:10 Day One Conclusion: Reflecting on Our Progress

Chair’s Closing Remarks

 18:30 – 21:30 Evening Reception/buffet dinner

Networking and Collaborating on the IMO Terrace